Cambodian beach resort Sihanoukville boomed as a global hub for online fraud. A sweeping crackdown has left its economy struggling to pick up the pieces. Read more: 📷: Erika Pineros/Bloomberg

Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet has pledged to step up a crackdown on transnational online scam networks. Online scam centers have proliferated across Southeast Asia since the pandemic, turning Cambodia, Myanmar and Laos into hubs for criminal enterprises. More from his interview with @avrilhongTV:

Met with Cambodian Deputy Prime Minister Prak to discuss how our cooperation can advance safety and security, including through combatting scam centers and implementing the Kuala Lumpur Peace Accords.

President Xi Jinping met in Shanghai with Cambodian Prime Minister Hun Manet, who is in China to attend the 2026 World Artificial Intelligence Conference and High-Level Meeting on Global AI Governance and pay a working visit. President Xi stated that history has proven that the China-Cambodia friendship is not built on any single occasion or particular issue. Rather, it is rooted in a consensus that transcends the evolving international landscape and has been passed down through generations. It is a precious asset shared by both sides. The two sides should carry forward this ironclad friendship forged by the elder generation of leaders of the two countries, enhance strategic mutual trust, pursue closer coordination and collaboration, add substance to the Diamond Hexagon cooperation framework, and take the building of the all-weather China-Cambodia community with a shared future in the new era to new heights, so as to deliver more benefits to the two peoples.

Chinese FM Wang Yi met with Cambodian Deputy PM & FM Prak Sokhonn and Cambodian Deputy PM Sun Chanthol in Beijing. #China# cherishes the China-Cambodia friendship cultivated by the older generation of leaders of the two countries, and is committed to carrying it forward alongside #Cambodia#, making the relationship a model for China’s relations with its neighboring countries. 🔗

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